Men's Track and Field at NCAA National Championships

Bucy grabs All-America status in breaking steeplechase school record

Canton, N.Y.-- Dan Bucy(Sioux Falls, S.D./Lincoln) broke the Carleton record in finishing sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning All-America honors in the process.

Bucy, making his first career NCAA Championships appearance, ran a time of 9:09.50 to break Will Kemper's '93 previous Carleton record of 9:10.09. [Ironically, Kemper is being inducted in Carleton's C-Club Hall of Fame in June of this year.] The sophomore was nipped at the finish line by Keene State's Mark Miller, who finished in 9:09.25, but beat Calvin College's (Mich.) Andy Yazzie, who finished in 9:10.41.

Bucy's finish gave Carleton three team points, making it one of only four MIAC schools to score points in the event. Gustavus Adolphus College was the top-finishing conference school, placing 12th with 16.5 points. Conference champion the University of St. Thomas took 17th with 14 points and St. John's University was 36th with eight points.